December 3 : This Day in Music History Deaths

1983 : Irving Taylor, Jewish-American composer, lyricist and songwriter, born , died in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 69.
See also: This Day in Music History Births (8 April 1914)

2006 : Logan Whitehurst, American alternative rock musician, born Logan Anthony Whitehurst, died of brain cancer at his home in Los Banos, California, at the age of 29. (Little Tin Frog - drums)
See also: This Day in Music History Births (15 November 1977)

2008 : Elmer Valentine, American businesman, influential in the growth of popular music in the Los Angeles area, died at the age of 80. He was the co-founder of three famous nightclubs on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California: the Whisky a Go Go, The Roxy Theatre and the Rainbow Bar & Grill
See also: This Day in Music History Births (16 June 1923)

2009 : Torrie Zito, American pianist, music arranger, composer and conductor, born Salvatore Zito, died from emphysema at his home in Manhattan, New York, at the age of 76.
See also: This Day in Music History Births (12 October 1933)

2011 : Mike Smith, English record producer, died at the age of 76. He is remembered as the guy who passed on the Beatles while producer at Decca Records.
See also: This Day in Music History Births (30 April 1935)